Zapped!
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Zapped! is a 1982 teen sex comedy film best known for its blend of high school hijinks and science fiction elements, starring Scott Baio as a student who gains telekinetic powers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zapped Again! (1990 film) | 1 |
| Zapped! canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6312436 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zapped! Context triple: [Scott Baio, notableWork, Zapped!]
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A.
Zapped
Zapped is a Disney Channel original movie starring Zendaya as a tech-savvy teen who gains a smartphone app that lets her control boys’ behavior, leading to comedic chaos and life lessons.
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B.
The Thumper
The Thumper was the famous nickname of Ted Williams, the legendary Boston Red Sox slugger widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history.
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C.
Stomper
Stomper is the elephant mascot of Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics.
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D.
Romper Stomper
Romper Stomper is a 1992 Australian drama film about violent neo-Nazi skinheads in Melbourne, widely recognized for one of Russell Crowe’s breakout performances.
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E.
Bonza
Bonza is an Australian low-cost airline known for operating domestic routes that connect regional and leisure destinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zapped! Target entity description: Zapped! is a 1982 teen sex comedy film best known for its blend of high school hijinks and science fiction elements, starring Scott Baio as a student who gains telekinetic powers.
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A.
Zapped
Zapped is a Disney Channel original movie starring Zendaya as a tech-savvy teen who gains a smartphone app that lets her control boys’ behavior, leading to comedic chaos and life lessons.
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B.
The Thumper
The Thumper was the famous nickname of Ted Williams, the legendary Boston Red Sox slugger widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history.
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C.
Stomper
Stomper is the elephant mascot of Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics.
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D.
Romper Stomper
Romper Stomper is a 1992 Australian drama film about violent neo-Nazi skinheads in Melbourne, widely recognized for one of Russell Crowe’s breakout performances.
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E.
Bonza
Bonza is an Australian low-cost airline known for operating domestic routes that connect regional and leisure destinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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science fiction comedy film ⓘ teen sex comedy film ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel by Bruce Rubin ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Thomas E. Ackerman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| decadeOfRelease | 1980s ⓘ |
| director | Robert J. Rosenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Avco Embassy Pictures
NERFINISHED
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Embassy Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Dennis M. Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredActor |
Greg Bradford
NERFINISHED
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Merritt Butrick NERFINISHED ⓘ Sue Ane Langdon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredSongPerformer | Reparata and the Delrons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California
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| genre |
high school film
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science fiction comedy film ⓘ sex comedy film ⓘ teen comedy film ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Zapped Again! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Barney Springboro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MPAARating | R ⓘ |
| musicBy | Charles Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of teen sex comedy and science fiction elements
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telekinetic powers used for high school pranks ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A high school student gains telekinetic powers after a lab accident and uses them in various school hijinks. ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Scott Baio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Benni Korzen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jeffrey Chernov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Embassy Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1982-07-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 98 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Bruce Rubin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert J. Rosenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | high school ⓘ |
| starring |
Felice Schachter
NERFINISHED
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Heather Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Mandan NERFINISHED ⓘ Scatman Crothers NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Baio NERFINISHED ⓘ Willie Aames NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Zapped! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Zapped! Description of subject: Zapped! is a 1982 teen sex comedy film best known for its blend of high school hijinks and science fiction elements, starring Scott Baio as a student who gains telekinetic powers.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Zapped Again! (1990 film)